The tallest figure whose name often made the rounds for the PM post after the country entered the coalition era — Mulayam Singh Yadav — was missing from mega show of strength by opposition in Kolkata.
Now, more than 24 hours have passed since Delhi Police filed a chargesheet naming Kumar and some others and Rahul — now Congress president — is yet to make a public comment on the issue.
When the formal announcement about the tie up was made by BSP chief Mayawati and SP chief Akhilesh Yadav Saturday, Ram Gopal was missing from the scene.
Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) though, will have no representative on the dais when BSP chief Mayawati and SP president Akhilesh Yadav hold a joint press conference in Lucknow on Saturday and make a formal announcement of the alliance.
WCD Minister Maneka Gandhi has announced the ‘Web Wonder Women Award’ in partnership with Twitter for women working on bringing social change through social media.
Now that the two leaders are on the verge of announcing a tie-up for Lok Sabha polls, Mayawati, in her statement on Monday in support of Akhilesh, addressed him as “SP chief and former chief minister Shri Akhilesh Yadav”.
Many in the AAP believe that the Congress can at best claim two seats, and Rahul Gandhi’s party is set for some tough bargaining if the parties decide to contest in alliance.
The message from members of the Congress core committee to AICC general secretaries, in-charges of states and secretaries at a meeting on Wednesday was clear. Gear up for elections.
Goyal, sources say, has received complaints that often, after the final reservation chart is prepared, commuters are unable to know how many seats are vacant and depend only on the travelling ticket examiner (TTE) for the information, which may cause confusion.
A microphone mistakenly left on told the House that AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi’s daughter was getting married over the weekend. And it wasn’t him who revealed it.
Apparently, KCR wanted her to make a statement after the meeting and he made one too. But the TMC leader kept mum, even after the media approached her for comments.